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Super-heavyweight is among seven fighters pursuing spots on the U.S. Olympic team during a qualifying tournament next week.Alhambra super-heavyweight Dominic Breazeale is among seven American boxers who will try to earn a spot on the U.S. Olympic boxing team starting next week in Rio de Janeiro....(more)
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Lakers center plans to undergo the same innovative knee procedure this summer in Germany that Kobe Bryant had last offseason.SAN ANTONIO -- Lakers center Andrew Bynum is not interested in playing in the Olympics because he wants extra rest and also plans to undergo the same...(more)
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Disease outbreaks should be monitored in cities with a lot of air travel to London as the Summer Games approach, authors in The Lancet Infectious Diseases say.
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The British Olympic Association chairman Colin Moynihan says it 'just takes one idiot' to ruin a London 2012 event.
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They move within one victory of qualifying for the London Olympics.After a week of surprises and upsets, the CONCACAF Olympic soccer trials finally played to form on the final day of group play Tuesday as both Honduras and Mexico advanced to the tournament semifinals with wins...(more)
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Jaime Alas scores in stoppage time to give El Salvador a 3-3 tie in the final game of group play in the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament. The U.S. needed a victory to advance to the semifinals.The U.S. entered the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament with high expectations....(more)
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New York Road Runners will reconfigure the course of the Brooklyn Half Marathon so that nearly three times as many runners can join the race in May.
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U.S. opens play against Cuba, with Canada and El Salvador also in its group.There might be more at stake than simply a summer trip to London when the U.S. team opens play in the CONCACAF men's Olympic qualifying tournament Thursday in Nashville. Because with 14 of...(more)
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World champion in the women's 400-meter hurdles has overcome an unexpected pregnancy that took her away from competition to rally back and become a favorite to make the U.S. team for the London Olympics.Lashinda Demus had her life mapped out, and it included becoming a mom....(more)
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SAO PAULO - Malvern architect Gil Hanse will design the 2016 Olympic golf course in Rio de Janeiro, winning the selection Wednesday over Jack Nicklaus, Greg Norman, and Gary Player.
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Mikaela Mayer of Los Angeles is outpointed, 22-19, by Queen Underwood of Seattle in the 132-pound final at the first U.S. women's Olympic boxing trials.Reporting from Airway Heights, Wash. -- Mikaela Mayer's bid for a place in boxing history came up just short Saturday when she...(more)
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Boxer's shoulder injury leads to first-round loss to Tiara Brown at women's U.S. Olympic boxing trials. Mikaela Mayer of Long Beach wins her first-round bout.Patricia Manuel spent the night before the Olympic boxing trials playing video poker at the Northern Quest Resort's casino outside Spokane, Wash....(more)
